Title: Analytical estimation and experimental confirmation of the safe operating regime for sintered steel gears

Authors: K. Gopinath, R. Gnanamoorthy

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai 600 036, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

Abstract: Reliable performance of through-hardened sintered steel gears can be ensured for any application only after prior testing at the operating speed-load limits. This approach is time consuming and costly though it gives guaranteed results. An analytical approach to predict the performance of sintered gears and to cut short the time of testing is given here. This approach takes into account all possible modes of failure and gives the safe working zone for through-hardened sintered steel gears and widens the scope of application of sintered gears.

Keywords: analytical estimation; performance limits; sintered steel gears; through-hardened gears; safety; gear failure; safe working zone.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1997.036371

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1997 Vol.12 No.4/5/6, pp.346 - 355

Published online: 02 Nov 2010 *

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